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Student UX and UI designer

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Be My Eyes is looking for a student UX/UI designer based in Denmark to join the product team on our thrilling journey to improve the lives of blind and low-vision people all around the world. We recently started a collaboration with OpenAI to bring state-of-the-art artificial intelligence into our mobile app and you can join us in this exciting time. The Be My Eyes community is now counting more than 6,600,000 sighted volunteers and 500,000 blind and low-vision users. Check our story to learn more: bemyeyes.com/about

About you

You have a strong interest in UX, UI, and research.
You feel confident in conducting and structuring user research and you are able to convert these findings into possible actions to improve the user experience.
You have some experience with HTML/CSS.
You are preferably about to start on your master’s in Information Studies, Digital Design, IT Product Development, or similar.
You are preferably located around Aarhus and able to meet in person once a week.
As part of a small team, you are willing to handle various tasks, ranging from setting up emails to brainstorming product vision.

Nice to haves

Experience with Figma or Sketch (we use Figma).
Experience using Webflow.

What you'll be doing

As the student UX/UI designer your main task will be to assist the product designer (Aske) in improving the UX and UI of the Be My Eyes mobile and web app. This includes tasks like:

Research on users and competitors
Create wireframes and mockups in Figma
Website design and maintenance in Webflow
Create graphic assets for marketing
Design emails
And lots of other ad hoc tasks*

*Being part of a small team you will from time to time also encounter tasks that are not specifically related to UX and UI but that are crucial to solve to move things forward.

What you will get

A chance to work with state-of-the-art AI to help blind and low-vision people.
Valuable insights into digital accessibility.
Experience with all phases of product design from initial research to final implementation.
Make a real impact and experience your design in the real world.

About Be My Eyes

Be My Eyes is an iOS and Android app that connects blind and low-vision people with sighted volunteers all over the world. We have won an Apple Design Award and our customers are amongst others Google, Spotify, and Microsoft. We are a small remote team spanning across Europe and the US. You will be a part of the product development team primarily located in Denmark. You will work alongside the product designer Aske who is located near Aarhus.

The salary is 150 DKK/hour. You can expect to work 10-15 hours per week. Timing is flexible so you can fit it around your studies.

What happens next?

Deadline for applications is ASAP - we are already reading through applications, and we expect to do interviews during August. Employment will be as soon as possible hereafter.

If all this sounds interesting to you, please send us a resume and a cover letter - we would love to hear about your motivation for applying for this job. We know that students have limited experience, but we encourage you to add a portfolio to showcase any previous projects or designs you are excited about. Feel free to get creative with the format!

(Please pack it all into 1 pdf and attach it under "Attach your resume").

Please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.

We are looking forward to hearing from you!

For more information or questions please contact us at aske@bemyeyes.com

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Pension plan

Equity package

Remote work allowed

Maternity / paternity leave

Paid holiday

Work life balance

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Working at
Be My Eyes

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Be My Eyes is a unique, venture-funded, profit-with-purpose company that connects blind and low-vision people needing sighted support with volunteers and companies through live video calls. With a nearly 90% successful call rate, our volunteers assist the blind with daily tasks as simple as finding something in the kitchen to something as complex as navigating an airport. Operating in 150 countries and 60 languages, Be My Eyes is the largest digital volunteering community in the world with over 6,1 million volunteers and 450.000 blind and low-vision users. We're also a proud winner of an Apple Design Award for our app. We offer a suite of enterprise products including: • Specialized Help: an add on to your existing customer call center enabling video calls to better serve your blind and low-vision customers • Corporate Volunteering: we can have your whole team or entire company receive a call to assist a blind person providing a lesson in accessibility and meaningful volunteer service. Most companies do this as part of a team meeting, onsite or offsite, and based on our customers feedback, a great deal of joy for you and your teams. • Platinum Partnership: We will partner with the biggest brands in the world who will have the opportunity to send a “thank you” note and/or discounted products and services to our volunteers via a push notification right after they successfully complete a call. • Artificial Intelligence: Be My Eyes also possesses unique and highly valuable A.I. training assets that several of the leading experts in the world have told us would significantly accelerate most company roadmaps not only on accessibility products, but also in areas like advanced robotics, and a host of other machine learning applications. With customers like Microsoft, Google, Procter & Gamble, Verizon, Sony, Instacart, Snowflake and many others, we have a chance to dent the universe through a business model that creates simultaneous delight for our blind and low-vision community, our volunteers, and the companies utilizing our platform.